The Film Books Thread

[vipco]

That sounds an interesting read Bedorca.

I think i'll try track it down.

Also not strictly 'horror', but im currently looking for the 'Dark Angel' novel's. If they're anything like the series they should make for a compelling read.

[Sarah@Cult Labs]

I finished reading that earlier this summer - loved every second of it!

[The Reaper Man@Cult Labs]

100 EUROPEAN HORROR FILMS BFI SCREEN GUIDES
contains in-depth reviews of;
ANATOMY
ANGST
ANGUISH
THE AWFUL DR ORLOFF
THE BEAST (LA BETE)
A BELL OF HELL
THE BEYOND
BEYOND THE DARKNESS
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE
BLOOD AND BLACK LACE
THE BLOOD SPATTERED BRIDE
BLOODY PIT OF HORROR
BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF
THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI
CANNIBAL FEROX
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST
CANNIBAL MAN
THE CASTLE OF TERROR
THE CHURCH
CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD
CURSE OF THE DEVIL
DARK WATERS (BAINO)
DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS
THE DAY OF THE BEAST
DEEP RED
DEJA VU
DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE
DEMONS
THE DEVIL'S BACKBONE
LES DIABOLIQUES
DON'T TORTURE A DUCKLING
THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS
THE EAR
EYES WITHOUT A FACE
FASCINATION
FOUR FLIES ON GREY VELVET
THE FOURTH MAN
FUNNY GAMES
THE GOLEM
THE GRAPES OF DEATH
HAXAN
HAUTE TENSION
THE HORRIBLE DOCTOR HITCHCOCK
HOUR OF THE WOLF
THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED
HOUSE WITH THE LAUGHING WINDOWS
HUNCHBACK OF THE MORGUE
I VAMPIRI
IN A GLASS CAGE
INFERNO
KILL,BABY...KILL!
THE KINGDOM
LAURIN
LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE
THE LIFT
LIPS OF BLOOD
LISA AND THE DEVIL
MALEFIQUE
MALPERTUIS
MAN BITES DOG
MARK OF THE DEVIL
THE MARK OF THE WOLFMAN
THE MASK OF SATAN
MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN
NEKROMANTIK
NIGHT WATCH
NIGHTWATCH
NOSFERATU
NOSFERATU THE VAMPIRE
OPERA
THE ORDEAL
ORGY OF THE VAMPIRES
THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK
POSSESSION
SCHRAMM
SEVEN BLOOD-STAINED ORCHIDS
SHORT NIGHT OF THE GLASS DOLLS
SPIRITS OF THE DEAD
THE STENDHAL SYNDROME
SUCCUBUS
SUSPIRIA
THE TENANT
TENEBRE
THESIS
TOMBS OF THE BLIND DEAD
TORSO
TROUBLE EVERY DAY
TWITCH OF THE DEATH NERVE
VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS
VAMPYR
THE VANISHING
VIY
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE?
THE WHIP AND THE BODY
THE WHITE REINDEER
WHO SAW HER DIE?
ZEDER
ZOMBIE

An impressive line up,I'm sure you'll agree.However,it IS SPOILER HEAVY-don't read the review until you've watched the movie!!!!

[steve]

I'm currently reading 'Eaten Alive - Italian Cannibal & Zombie Movies". It has lots of excellent stills from the various film it talks about and some interesting interviews with the likes of Robert Kerman, Beatrice Ring, Giovanni Lombardo Radice.. Well worth seeking out as it's really informative.

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

I've just got 'The Cinema Book' for Uni and it is such a good book! lol! It has everything in!!!

Unfortionatly, there is hardly anything on horror!!! As horror is seen as 'stupid cinema' and of little value. IMO - horror's the most important as it shows society's fears etc. So, you know what that smells like don't you?

But apart from that its really good with tones of info in!

[Halloween_22]

Originally Posted by iluvdvds

Unfortionatly, there is hardly anything on horror!!! As horror is seen as 'stupid cinema' and of little value.

Unfortunatley that's true when it comes to studying film. I studied film and media for two years and horror was just ignored completely, we covered practically every other genre but didn't touch on horror once. I wasn't too happy and wrote practically all my papers/ essay's and stuff on horror anyway, unfortunatley it didn't go down too well. I tried to explain the importance of people like Dario Argento, John Cartpenter etc. but to no avail, I guess some people just don't appreciate high art

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

Oooh! Where did u study may I ask (or is that too personal - I dunno!). I'm off to UEA next month. Luckily for me though one of the proffessors is into horror and has write several books on it; Mark Jancovich - anyone heard of him?

But yeah - PEOPLE SHOULD APPRECIATE HORROR MORE!!!!!!!

[Halloween_22]

Not at all mate, I didn't move away or anything I just studied at Leeds. Actually spent my first year doing Art but switched to Film Studies as it wasn't really my cup of tea (a bit TOO arty farty for my liking )

Last two film/books I read were William Peter Blatty's 'The Exorcist' and 'Spiral' by Koji Suzuki. The follow up to the excellent 'Ring' novel.

[Sarah@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by iluvdvds

I'm off to UEA next month. Luckily for me though one of the proffessors is into horror and has write several books on it; Mark Jancovich - anyone heard of him?

I've heard of him! I'm so jealous that you're off to UEA! I wanted to go there but I couldn't afford to move away from Liverpool. My PhD supervisor is going to try to arrange a meeting with Mark Jancovich for me so I can take a research trip to Norwich and use UEAs library - can't wait!

Most academic books ignore horror, like you said, so you need to look out for specialist books. Some good academic horror texts I've got (that have helped immensely with my studies) are The Horror Genre: From Beelzebub to Blair Witch by Paul Wells, The American Horror Film: An Introduction by Reynold Humphries and The Horror Reader by Ken Gelder. They're some pretty good general texts.

If you need any ideas on articles or books to read just PM me and I'll see if I can recommend anything for you. That's if you're planning on doing what I did at uni and manipulate every single essay question so that I could write about horror!

[iluvdvds@Cult Labs]

Lol! I never knew the questions are as broad to manipulate like that. Thanks for the books Sarah (I'll check them out!) - If I need some help, I'll ask.

Thanks again